Inspired teachers ... cannot be ordered by the gross from the factory. They must be discovered one by one, and brought home from the woods and swamps like orchids. They must be placed in a conservatory, not in a carpenter shop; and they must be honored and trusted.
John Jay ChapmanA vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
John Jay ChapmanThe power of quotation is as dreadful a weapon as any which the human intellect can forge.
John Jay ChapmanIt is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.
John Jay Chapman